Flossenbürg-Königstein
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Names
- Königstein[1][2]
- Koenigstein/Elbe[3]
- Außenlager Königstein[4]
- Schwalbe II[5]
- Orion[6]
- Rathen-Schwalbe[7]
Type
Dates
(YYYY-MM-DD)
- Opened: 1944-11-15 (transport of 200 men from Buchenwald-Böhlen
- Closed:
List of (known) subcamps, internal and external work details
Internal work details (Kommando)
External work details (Aussenkommando)
Subcamps (Aussenlager)
Locations
Camp location
Struppen
- Initially they were housed in the inn of the neighboring city Struppen and had to erect a provisional camp out of pressed cardboard, the so-called round Finnish tents, within the Königstein Fortress.[8]
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- Street Address: Hauptstraße 52
- District: [[]]
- Town: Struppen
- State: Sachsen
- Country: Germany
Festung Königstein
- This location may not be accurate. More research is needed.
geo:50.919079,14.057103 (link for navigation systems)
- Street Address: [[]]
- District: [[]]
- Town: Königstein
- State: Sachsen
- Country: Germany
"further into the forest"
- the prisoners were thus moved further into the forest to a barracks camp, which was fenced in with barbed wire, equipped with watchtowers, and consisted of 10 prisoner barracks, a kitchen, and an infirmary.[11]
- This location may not be accurate. More research is needed.
geo:50.921612,14.045007 (link for navigation systems)
- Street Address: Burgstraße
- District: [[]]
- Town: Königstein
- State: Sachsen
- Country: Germany
Organisations involved
Victims and Survivors
Population information
Names of victims
Names of survivors
Location of graves
Staff
This camp was run by the SS-WVHA
Names of perpetrators and any other people involved
Current status
Status of the site
Accessibility
Memorials
Memorial location
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- Street Address: [[]]
- District: [[]]
- Town: [[]]
- State: [[]]
- Country: [[]]
No memorial known at this time.
Description
Outstanding questions
Resources
Bibliography
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia Volume I: part A page 623
- Das Nationalsozialistische Lagersystem, (CCP), page 237
- Verzeichnis der Haftstätten unter dem Reichsführer-SS 1933-1945, page 111
Links
Custodians
Sources
- ↑ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia Volume I: part A page 623
- ↑ Verzeichnis der Haftstätten unter dem Reichsführer-SS 1933-1945, page 111
- ↑ Das Nationalsozialistische Lagersystem, (CCP), page 237
- ↑ https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/de/geschichte/aussenlager/koenigstein
- ↑ Das Nationalsozialistische Lagersystem, (CCP), page 237
- ↑ Das Nationalsozialistische Lagersystem, (CCP), page 237
- ↑ Verzeichnis der Haftstätten unter dem Reichsführer-SS 1933-1945, page 111
- ↑ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia Volume I: part A page 624
- ↑ https://www.gedenkplaetze.info/widerstand/mittelgasthof-struppen
- ↑ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia Volume I: part A page 623
- ↑ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia Volume I: part A page 624
- ↑ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwalbe_II_(K%C3%B6nigstein)
